Re: Biostar P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 - Win98?

Posted on 2023-03-02, 10:52

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by deksar

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Thank you. What do you technically mean by "crappy RAM" modules? Low speed? Would the BIOS auto-recognize if the RAM modules are crappy or not? Just wanted to inform you that I've recently seen an ASUS P5PE-VM for sale. 1- https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p5pe-vm 2- https://www.asus.com/ …

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Re: Biostar P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 - Win98?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 23:38

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by deksar

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Thank you both. E6700 2.66 Ghz Conroe seems it has 1066 Mhz FSB. But the motherboard only supports DDR-400 Mhz. I've been reading somewhere here in the forum, that, a 800 Mhz FSB with DDR-400 would be better and much stable, instead of having 2:1 with a 1066 FSB and DDR 400. Perhaps RAM would …

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Re: Biostar P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 - Win98?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 21:44

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Really interesting and very informative details, thank you very much. Learned a lot! Then, would you suggest this board: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R2.0/index.asp?cat=CPU with C2 Duo E4700 CPU, or the mobo above with E4500? (Focusing on stability, 3DMark01 performance and overall …

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Re: Biostar P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 - Win98?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 15:01

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Thanks so much for your suggestions. By "E6400 - the fastest cpu from the list", do you also consider the Windows 98 (No HT - No multiple cores) ? Because it seems it has only a 2.10 GHZ frequency speed, and there are faster CPUs in the list -in terms of frequency speed-, AND till now, I really …

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Biostar P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 - Win98?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 07:34

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by deksar

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Hello. I'm planning to build a high-end (well, almost) motherboard but I'm very limited with the motherboard. I could find only this one here locally (clean, without troubles); Biostar - P4M800 Pro-M7 Ver. 8.0 https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/eol/introduction.php?S_ID=94#cpusupport Would anyone …

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Re: Asus P5G41C-M LX and Windows 98?

Posted on 2023-02-24, 07:15

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by deksar

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Hi, thanks a lot for those information. How about my question, regarding dual channel DDR 400? Any serious benefits when it comes to 3D Mark bench.?

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Re: Asus P5G41C-M LX and Windows 98?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 11:25

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Thank you for your reply, agent_x007. Planning to use GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH for my setup, officially supports Windows 98 with drivers, it has everything I look for, but only dual channel DDR feature is missing. I got two DDR modules, 256 MB each, but it seems they won't be running at dual channel with …

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Asus P5G41C-M LX and Windows 98?

Posted on 2023-02-21, 08:55

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Hello there. I found a local store selling brand new ASUS P5G41C-M LX, and I'd like to build a high-end gaming rig with this board (Planning to Pentium E6800 cpu in it). The specs of the board: Socket 775 + Intel G41 Express - Intel ICH7. Now the question is, how hard it'd be to install Windows 98 …

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Re: Ryzen 7 most powerful windows 98 computer?

Posted on 2023-02-19, 21:26

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mothergoose729 wrote on 2019-10-09, 17:18: My Asus 865PE chipset has SATA, gigabit LAN, USB 2.0 ect and it cost me next to nothing on ebay. Almost completely painless, even better than my slot 1 boards in that way. Sorry for the bump, but what's the model of your Asus motherboard?

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2023-01-22, 23:29

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Does that no-AGP texture problem happen only with VIA chipsets? Or the same problem happens with SiS and Intel as well?

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Re: Planning to install SSD in my Windows 98 machine. Help, advice, suggestions, etc.?

Posted on 2023-01-22, 18:42

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Okay, it´s been a couple weeks and this machine works great! There´s just one problem: DOS games that use to work previously doesn´t work anymore. Commander Keens, Cosmos Cosmic Adventure, Prince Of Persia, Duke Nukem 1 & 2, etc. all played without problems, now they won´t even start. This can´t be …

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-21, 17:39

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Attached image, I received too many these ones, tried to fit them to the fdd, but I couldn't.. I don't even know if these would help. They do seem to be the correct rails... IW-J508 Floppy Install.jpg @PC Hoarder Patrol Could you please kindly upload harddisk mounting part of the same manual? Thank …

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 23:48

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by deksar

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red-ray wrote on 2023-01-19, 23:29: deksar wrote on 2023-01-19, 22:58: It seems its fan doesn't spin There are modern (< 10 years old?) PSUs that have Zero RPM mode, but my guess is that the fan and/or PSU is faulty. When was the PSU manufactured? No idea, it doesn't tell nowhere on it..

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 22:58

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by deksar

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And one more question; This PC case came with a PSU called Power Man, model: ip-p350gj2-0 It seems its fan doesn't spin, is that normal (thinking perhaps it'd run when it got a higher load) or it's simply a defect PSU? (As this is actually a very old case (new old stock) I don't really want to learn …

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 22:20

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by deksar

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red-ray wrote on 2023-01-19, 22:04: I suspect you need to remove the case front cover That was it! Thanks a lot, red-ray! Thank you everyone.

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 21:14

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by deksar

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Thanks for the image. It seems the drive doesn't really fit in that way? When it has no rails mounted, it fits the bay completely, without any space left..

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Re: Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 19:39

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Attached image, I received too many these ones, tried to fit them to the fdd, but I couldn't.. I don't even know if these would help.

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Floppy drive holes doesn't match with PC case

Posted on 2023-01-19, 19:29

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by deksar

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Hello. I ordered a new PC case for my retro Pentium 4 system. It's an Inwin IW-J508TA case, nice classic looking but very weird drive holes/bays. The floppy drive fits its bay but the screw holes don't match at all. Or perhaps I'm just too tired and missing something? Tried two different floppy …

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Re: 3DMark 2001 SE+Windows 98SE Benchmark competition/scoreboard?

Posted on 2023-01-16, 17:05

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by deksar

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Thanks, but I think someone with a Radeon x850 XT could beat me by about 20%. I wish I had one, but I can’t justify getting yet another retro video card right now. I have no stability problems in 3D applications/games with this configuration. I find the ATI drivers (Catalyst 6.2) very stable …

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Re: GPU temperature on Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2023-01-16, 13:21

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Hello there. I've Gigabyte - Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 running on Windows 98SE. How to see the gpu's temperature on this OS? Is there any tool to check the temperature of those cards on Win98SE? CPU-Z didn't report it. GPU-Z doesn't work on Windows 98SE. Thanks. Are you sure, that your FX 5700 have …

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